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W. H. SIMMONS.

HAME.

No. 482,656. Patented Sept. 13, 1892.

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WILLIAM H. SIMMONS, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

HAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 482,656, datedSeptember 13, 1892.

Application filed December 17,1891. Serial No. 415,403. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. SIMMONS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Hames; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

The present invention is primarily designed as an improvement on thehame for which Letters Patent No. 461,852 were issued to me on October27, 1891.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive hamewhich can be readily adjusted to fit collars of different sizes, and afurther object is to provide an independent vertical adj ustment for thedraft-iron.

With these ends in view my invention contemplates constructingthehame intwo parts, having threaded openings in the opposing ends and aconnecting-rod carrying the draft-iron adj ustably secured in theopenings in the hames.

The invention consists, further, of certain details of construction andarrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully pointed out andclaimed.

I have illustrated my invention in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure I is a front view of the hame. Fig. II is a similar view partlyin section. Fig. III is a detail view of one of the collars around theend of each part of the hame, and Fig. IV is a sectional View of one ofsaid collars.

Referring to the drawings, in which like letters of reference denotecorresponding parts in all the figures, A A designate the upper andlower members or parts of the hame, respectively, the upper part Ahaving the terret and other attachments, as desired. The meeting oropposing ends of the two members are provided with threaded openings at,which extend a suitable distance into the members, and a threaded rod Bhas its ends screwed into the threaded openings of the two members, thusconnecting the parts of the hame adj ustably together. The draft-iron bis carried by a sleeve 0, which has a threaded opening and is screwed011 the rod B, so that the draft-eye can be adjusted on the threadedportion a of the connecting-rod B, and said eye may thus be adjustedvertically on said threaded portion independently of the adjustment ofthe rod B in the sections or members A A to change or vary the relativedistance between the ends of the sections, and thus change the length ofthe hame. The rod B thus connects the two members of the hame, and byscrewing or unscrewing the ends of said rod into the openings or in themembers the length of the hame can be readily changed to adapt the hameto fit collars of different sizes, and when it is desired to alter theposition of the draftiron to change the draft the adjustment of thedraft-iron can be easily and quickly accomplished by adjusting thesleeve 0 on the threaded portion 0 of the rod B. The openings or in theparts of the hame are not of such size and length as to weaken the hame;but, if preferred, the ends of the parts having said open ings may bemade larger in crosssection than at their other ends. To furtherstrengthen the ends of members having these openings a, I prefer toemploy the collars D, constructed as shown in Figs. III and IV andadjustably secured on the opposing ends of the members A A. Each collarD has an opening d of differ ent diameters in the upper and lower partsof the collar, the opening extendingclear through said collar D. At oneend of the collar the opening 01 is of such diameter that it can bereadily screwed on the end of either of the members A A, while theremaining portion of the collar D aligns substantially with the sides ofthe opening a in the part to which the collar D is applied. A shoulder dis thus formed at or about the center of the collar, against whichshoulder the end of the part of the hame impinges, and a continuousopening of the same diameter is thus provided, which extends through thecollar and part of the hame, the sides of the openings each aligning.The rod B is then screwed into the openings in the collar and part ofthe hame, the open ings in the collar being threaded to fit on the hameand to receive the rod B. On one side of each collar is a beveledextension E, which is arranged to pass into or between the rim and bodyof the horse-collar to assist in holding the hame in place on thecollar. By this construction and arrangement of parts it is obvious thatthe hame can be quickly adjusted to fit collars of different sizes, andthe draft can also be regulated by simply adjusting the draft-iron onthe hame, as hereinbefore described.

I am aware that changes in the form'and proportion of parts and detailsof construction may be made without departing from the spirit orsacrificing the advantages of my invention, and I therefore reserve theright to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of the same.

Havingthus fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A hame constructed of two members or sections having the threadedsockets in their contiguous ends, the connecting-rod having its threadedends screwed into said sockets and adapted to be adjusted verticallytherein, and the screw-threaded draft-iron carried by the threaded barand adjustable thereon independently of the adjustment of the members toeach other, substantially as described.

2. A hame constructed in two parts having the sockets in theircontiguous ends, the col lars fitted on said ends and each having anopening therein, part of which opening in the collar aligns with thesocket in the hame, and

the connecting-rod adjustably fitted in the openings in the collars andhame, substantially as described.

3. A hame constructed in two parts, each having the sockets in one end,the collars fitted on the contiguous ends, and each collar having anopening therein, the opening in the collar at the outer end thereofbeing in alignment with the socket in the hame, the beveled extension onone side of each collar arranged to pass between the rim and body of thecollar, the threaded connecting-rod, and the draftiron, substantially asdescribed.

4:. A hame constructed of two parts having the sockets in theircontiguous ends, the connecting-rod adj ustably fitted in said socket,the draft-iron carried by said rod between the sections of the hame, andthe collars fitted on said contiguous ends of the hame and each having abeveled extension on one side thereof, adapted to be fitted between therim and body of the horse-collar, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

. WILLIAM H. SIMMONS.

Witnesses:

FRANK F. WILLIAMS, ANDREW ROCK.

